The phrase "as special interest" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be intended to refer to a specific group or topic that has a particular interest, but it needs additional context to be meaningful.
Example: "The committee focused on issues that were of special interest to the community."
Alternatives: "of particular concern" or "of specific interest".
Mr. Bush has often derided Congressional earmarks as "special interest items" that waste taxpayer money and undermine trust in government.
No 10 said bloggers, tweeters, news aggregators and social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter, as well as special interest titles, would be excluded, but there was concern that a workable definition of these would be difficult to come up with.
Within 10 days of the Sept. 11 attacks, the Justice Department instructed immigration judges that all cases designated as "special interest" were to be handled in separate closed courtrooms, without visitors, family or reporters, and without confirming whether a case was on the docket.
Mostly they're from Central America and farther south, but a trickle can be traced to what the Department of Homeland Security classes as "special interest" countries (a euphemism that refers mostly to countries in the Muslim crescent from North Africa to Pakistan).
Like-minded individuals can find each other easily, gathering in online forums or through hashtags and comment streams in the same way as special interest clubs and cafe movements coalesce in the real city.
Unions that in years past had a political voice that could not be ignored on issues of economic and social justice are now written off as special interest groups by public officials more concerned with the preferences of business and the rich.
His speech also emphasized what he characterized as special interests' grip on Washington.
Both candidates see drug and insurance companies as special interests to be overcome.
At the CPAC session, Walker denounced unions as "special interests" and lorded it over labor protesters.
It smacks of hypocrisy when the governor denounces his opponents as "special interests" and yet raises millions from business lobbies.
Congress seems to get both the reform part and the raising standards part wrong as special interests control the agenda.
